Our attorneys support non-profit organizations
BALEX's attorneys regularly support non-profit institutions such as the voluntary preservation of historical monuments, the Foundation Eye Clinic or the Animal Welfare of both Basel cantons. Another project is the fruit juice producer in [...]
Penalty for Uber-drivers
Following the Dietikon District Court, the Basel-Landschaft Criminal Court sentenced an Uber driver for violating the taxi law in the beginning of November 2017. He received a conditional fine of 60 daily rates of [...]
Boris Becker strikes back in the NZZ
Boris Becker gives his first big exclusive interview in the NZZ after the bankruptcy report. He comments on the dispute with the bank in the UK and the legal proceedings against Hans-Dieter Cleven in [...]
BALEX forces Online Reports into line
Peter Knechtli's Basel media service Online Reports was forced to moderate its reporting on the intervention of BALEX. In violation of journalistic duties of care, Knechtli had identified a defendant in a report. As [...]
Hard conviction against assistance
The Cantonal Court of Baselland has sentenced an assistant to three years' imprisonment for embezzlement of Mündel funds. The five-member chamber followed the appeal of the public prosecutor's office. Experts consider the verdict to [...]
Price agreements between SME companies
Again and again, SMEs and trading firms agree on fixed prices, e.g. for tenders. Agreements or "coordinated action" among market participants is always delicate from the point of view of antitrust law per se. [...]
Obligation to record working time underestimated by companies
There is still a great need for action in time recording for employees. Article 46 of the Labour Code (ArG) obliges employers to keep all lists or other documents containing the information necessary for [...]
Beqiri case: Public prosecutor’s office files indictment
The public prosecutor's office in Basel-Landschaft has filed charges in the Beqiri case . A concrete date for the monster trial is not yet known. It should take place at the earliest at the [...]
Economics meeting 2017 in Rheinfelden
BALEX supports the economics meeting 2017 organized by the FDP in Rheinfelden. Katrin Amacker (President Regio Basiliensis) and Peter Grünenfelder (Director Avenir Suisse) discuss under the direction of Gaby Gerber the topic ‘Global networking [...]
Interest rate at record low: rent reductions?
The reference rate for rents has fallen to a record low. Landlords are increasingly confronted with requests for rent reductions. When must the tenant be granted a rent reduction? A rent reduction is based [...]
Antitrust: Record fines for Google
The EU Commission has imposed the highest fine ever on a single company for alleged abuse of its market power. The case against Google was initiated seven years ago when competitors complained. Google favoured [...]
The Beqiri case: Cantonal court reprimands public prosecutor’s office
The Cantonal court Basel-Landschaft has criticised the public prosecutor's office for not properly investigating the Beqiri case. Specifically, it involved a witness who contacted the police and reported a planned assassination attempt on kickboxing [...]
Admeira – unholy alliance or model for the future?
Dr Jascha Schneider-Marfels represents Tamedia and the Swiss Media Association before the Federal Court in the case of Admeira v. SRG (see also BVerG A-1703/2016). He has recently published on this topic in the [...]
Relaunch of our website topic in ‘Kleinreport’
The ‘Kleinreport’, an independent media service of the Swiss communications industry, has featured our new website. The conclusion is that lawyer’s advertising doesn't always have to be stuffy. Another topic is the permitted advertising [...]
The Hirschmann case: Federal Court finds in favour of Carl Hirschmann’s appeal in part
The Hirschmann case continues to occupy the courts. In a recent decision , the Federal Supreme Court decided in favour of a complaint brought by Carl Hirschmann against ‘20 Minuten’ or ‘Tamedia’ over long [...]
Public procurement law: a company spun-off from another may rely on references
A spin-off tradesperson business may, under certain circumstances, refer to previous references when submitting tenders. The Appellate Court of the City of Basel found the Building and Transport Department’s practice to be too strict [...]
Reduction in workload does not lead to lower maintenance costs
A spouse who quits his job to pay less maintenance does not deserve legal protection. The Federal Court rejected the reduction of maintenance payments under such circumstances. A spouse shall use his or her [...]
New maintenance law – early experiences
A new maintenance law has been in force in Switzerland since 1 January 2017. The revised law (ZGB) is intended to put children of unmarried parents on an equal footing with those of married [...]
From ‘Balex’ to ‘Balex AG’
The legal profession is in a state of change. The four founders of ‘Balex’, Christian Eich, Pascal Berger, Tobias Treyer and Jascha Schneider-Marfels have therefore decided to transform the firm into a public limited [...]
Pressing the Like button on Facebook may be a criminal offence
A user on Facebook entered a Like for a defamatory post, commented on it and shared it. The District Court of Zurich sentenced him to a conditional fine of CHF 4,000.00 for multiple defamations [...]